Eva Mendes Biography
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Eva Mendes was born on March 5, 1978 in
Houston Texas. She is the youngest of four children (2 sisters and
1 brother).
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As a young child, her parents moved
around a lot and she lived in Miami, Florida and Los Angeles,
California. She never saw herself as an actress when she was young
and pursued other interests. She was a the average normal kid and
attended Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale, California.
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She attended California State
University, Northridge and majored in marketing. Her debut in
acting came because she needed a little extra spending money and
appeared as an extra on various films. One day she caught the eye
of an agent who convinced her to pursue acting more steadily.
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By 1998 She began to appear on music
videos for such performers as
Aerosmith and Will Smith.
She made some appearances on a television in such shows as E.R.
and Mortal Kombat: Conquest. Her first real film appearance
was as Kir in Children of the Corn V, which went straight to
video. She also made her movie debut in 1998’s A Night at the
Roxbury.
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It was not until 2001 that Eva received
some recognition as an actress. After appearing in such films as
Urban Legends: Final Cut and Exit Wounds, she made her
mark in the movie Training Day. Her role got the attention of
moviegoers for both her acting skill and her sexiness. She was also
nominated for the ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a
Motion Picture for this role.
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In 2002, she appeared in All About the
Benjamins, but it was in 2003 that she got her big break when she
appeared as Monica Fuentes in the smash action movie 2 Fast 2
Furious.
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The Fast & Furious role has led to roles in more movies, including Out
of Time, Stuck on You, Hitch and the Wendell
Baker Story. She is also going to be appearing in Trust the
Man in 2005 and has begun filming for her role as Roxanne
Simpson in the movie adaptation of the comic book Ghost Rider
with Nicolas Cage. Is also
appears on advertisements for Revlon cosmetics, for whom she is an
international spokesperson. She will also be lending her voice as a
"Bond Girl" along side Sean Connery in a new James Bond video game
entitled "From Russia With Love."
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Interests and Hobbies: Interior
Decorating, hiking, biking, skiing, writing, writing children's
books
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Favorites: music = Belle and
Sebastion, The Stroke, The Stone Roses; movie = Dumb & Dumber;
The Shining
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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